On Monday, June 9, 2025 at 9:21:33 PM UTC+2 Larry Garfield wrote: On Mon, Jun 9, 2025, at 2:00 PM, Korvin Szanto wrote: <snip> > 1. Removes Tidelift entirely and replaces it with direct contributions > to OpenCollective, with provisions that answer to my original concerns > around conflict of interest and raising funds from individuals > 2. Allow for repaying Secretaries that so kindly have been paying out > of pocket to sustain our mission > 4. Clarifies when, how, how much, and to whom we disburse overfunding > as well as codifying clearly what overfunding means
These three seem entirely reasonable. +1 I'm a bit surprised that repaying out-of-pocket expenses would not be allowed already. It might be a bit of a too strict interpretation of the current bylaws. > 3. Grants the ability for Secretaries to create and maintain a > print-on-demand swag shop if they so choose to allow individuals to > contribute while spreading the PHP-FIG mission in their communities. I > would definitely be in the market for PHP-FIG swag This is an interesting idea. I don't know how successful it would be, or what we'd use any such revenue for, but I'm open to discussing it. However, this is a much larger question than just cleaning up the Tidelift situation so it should be kept to a separate discussion and separate vote. I'm wondering if the effort is worth the hassle. Instead of doing this ourselves, maybe we should allow the promoting others who raise funds for PHP-FIG. For instance, we could point people to Andreas' store and have him donate the money via OpenCollective. The biggest challenge at the moment, IMHO, is not having a way to receive funds. I think that opening up the OpenCollective page for donations will help solve our direct financial needs quickly. I believe there are enough people here on the list that would gladly donate a couple of dollar. For instance, I would consider changing my standing donation to the PHP Foundation over to the FIG, knowing that any excess would end up there anyway. -- Regards, Vincent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PHP Framework Interoperability Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/0a39f2eb-358f-4515-bac3-97c4eaef47ean%40googlegroups.com.
